Scorpions / discography
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Scorpions (2008, middle)
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 Studio albums
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18th |
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Live albums
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6th |
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Compilations
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45 |
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Tribute albums
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1 |
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Singles
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65 |
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Video albums
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18th |
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Music videos
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44 |
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Box sets
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10 |
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Interview albums
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1 |
This discography is an overview of the musical works of the German hard rock - music group Scorpions and their pseudonyms like The Hunters . According to the sources, they have sold more than 110 million records in their careers. The most successful release by the Scorpions is the single Wind of Change with around 15 million units sold. In their 50-year history, the Scorpions have been in the German album charts for more than 500 weeks and a further 171 weeks in the German single charts.
Albums
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1972 | Lonesome Crow | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: February 1972
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| 1974 | Fly to the rainbow | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: November 1, 1974
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| 1975 | In trance | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: September 17, 1975
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| 1976 | Virgin Killer | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: November 21, 1976
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| 1977 | Taken by Force | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: December 1977
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| 1979 | Love drive |
DE11  (28 weeks)DE |
- | - |
UK36 (11 weeks) UK |
US55 (23 weeks)US |
First published: February 25, 1979
Sales: + 850,000 |
| 1980 | Animal Magnetism |
DE12 (25 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK23 (6 weeks) UK |
US52  (21 weeks)US |
First published: March 31, 1980
Sales: + 1,000,000 |
| 1982 | blackout |
DE10 (24 weeks) DE |
- |
CH77 (1 week) CH |
UK11 (11 weeks) UK |
US10 (74 weeks)US |
First published: April 10, 1982
Sales: + 1,100,000 |
| 1984 | Love at First Sting |
DE6th (42 weeks)DE |
AT19 (2 weeks) AT |
CH9 (17 weeks) CH |
UK17 (6 weeks) UK |
US6th × 3
(63 weeks)US |
First published: March 27, 1984
Sales: + 6,000,000 |
| 1988 | Savage amusement |
DE4th (30 weeks)DE |
AT18 (8 weeks) AT |
CH5 (14 weeks)CH |
UK18 (6 weeks) UK |
US5 (43 weeks)US |
First published: April 18, 1988
Sales: +1,459,906 |
| 1990 | Crazy World |
DE1 × 2
(78 weeks)DE |
AT1 (27 weeks)AT |
CH3 × 2
(63 weeks)CH |
UK27  (7 weeks)UK |
US21st × 2
(73 weeks)US |
First published: November 6, 1990
Sales: + 14,000,000 |
| 1993 | Face the heat |
DE4 (15 weeks) DE |
AT12 (7 weeks) AT |
CH9 (10 weeks)CH |
UK51 (1 week) UK |
US24 (9 weeks) US |
First published: September 21, 1993
Sales: + 125,000 |
| 1996 | Pure instinct |
DE8th (22 weeks)DE |
AT20 (4 weeks) AT |
CH15 (14 weeks) CH |
- |
US99 (3 weeks) US |
First published: May 21, 1996
Sales: +279,059 |
| 1999 | Eye II Eye |
DE6 (9 weeks) DE |
- |
CH49 (2 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: March 9, 1999
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| 2004 | Unbreakable |
DE4 (9 weeks) DE |
AT30 (3 weeks) AT |
CH19 (5 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: June 22nd, 2004
Sales: + 10,000 |
| 2007 | Humanity - Hour I. |
DE9 (8 weeks) DE |
AT41 (3 weeks) AT |
CH27 (4 weeks) CH |
- |
US63 (2 weeks) US |
First published: May 25, 2007
Sales: + 50,000 |
| 2010 | Sting in the tail |
DE2 (30 weeks)DE |
AT6 (8 weeks) AT |
CH6 (28 weeks) CH |
UK96 (1 week) UK |
US23 (4 weeks) US |
First published: March 19, 2010
Sales: + 220,000 |
| 2015 | Return to Forever |
DE2 (15 weeks) DE |
AT11 (3 weeks) AT |
CH2 (15 weeks) CH |
UK31 (1 week) UK |
US65 (1 week) US |
First published: February 20, 2015
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gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
Live albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1978 | Tokyo tapes |
DE35 (10 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: September 11, 1978
Sales: + 100,000 |
| 1985 | World Wide Live |
DE4th (33 weeks)DE |
AT4 (14 weeks) AT |
CH18 (8 weeks) CH |
UK18 (8 weeks) UK |
US14th (43 weeks)US |
First published: June 20, 1985
Sales: + 1,450,000 |
| 1995 | Live bites |
DE66 (9 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: April 3, 1995
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| 2001 | Acoustica |
DE13 (6 weeks) DE |
- |
CH35 (6 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: May 14, 2001
Sales: + 20,000 |
| 2013 | MTV Unplugged - Live in Athens |
DE5 (22 weeks)DE |
AT37 (2 weeks) AT |
CH29 (4 weeks) CH |
- |
US113 (1 week) US |
First published: November 29, 2013
Sales: + 100,000 |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More live albums
- 2012: Live 2011 - Get Your Sting & Blackout
Compilations
This list only includes compilations that contain a maximum of two CDs. Further compilations with a larger scope can be found under the list of box sets. In addition, only compilations that are officially available in German-speaking countries are considered.
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1978 | The Best of Scorpions | - | - | - | - |
US180 (4 weeks) US |
First published: November 18, 1978
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| 1984 | The Best of Scorpions Vol. 2 | - | - | - | - |
US175 (4 weeks) US |
First published: July 28, 1984
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| Gold ballads |
DE25 (13 weeks) DE |
- |
CH7 (14 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: December 31, 1984
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| 1989 | Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads |
DE14th (26 weeks)DE |
- |
CH21st (7 weeks)CH |
- |
US43 (23 weeks)US |
First published: October 1989
Sales: + 1,300,000 |
| 1992 | Still loving you |
DE18 (22 weeks) DE |
AT32 (3 weeks) AT |
CH24 (5 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: April 2, 1992
Sales: +157,042 |
| 1995 | Deadly sting |
DE28 (11 weeks) DE |
AT39 (1 week) AT |
CH32 (4 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: February 2, 1995
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| 2000 | Moment of glory |
DE3 (17 weeks)DE |
- |
CH48 (8 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: Aug 29, 2000
Sales: + 150,000; with the Berlin Philharmonic |
| 2002 | Bad for Good: The Very Best of | - | - | - | - |
US161 (1 week) US |
First published: May 28, 2002
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| 2011 | 20th Century Masters: The Best of Scorpions Millennium Collection |
- | - | - | - |
US198 (1 week) US |
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| 2011 | Comeblack |
DE25 (8 weeks) DE |
AT67 (1 week) AT |
CH33 (4 weeks) CH |
- |
US90 (1 week) US |
First published: November 4, 2011
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| 2017 | Born to Touch Your Feelings - Best of Rock Ballads |
DE42 (3 weeks) DE |
- |
CH48 (1 week) CH |
- | - |
First published: November 24, 2017
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gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More compilations
- 1976: Gold Rock
- 1976: The Scorpions (1976)
- 1977: The Original
- 1978: Starlight
- 1980: Rock-Galaxy
- 1980: action
- 1982: Hot & Heavy
- 1985: The Scorpions (1985)
- 1990: Hurricane Rock
- 1991: Hot & Slow: The Best of the Ballads
- 1993: Hot & Hard
- 1995: Born to Touch Your Feelings
- 1997: Deadly Sting : The Mercury Years
- 1998: Big City Nights
- 1998: Master Series
- 1999: Best (Sales: + 1,000,000)
- 2000: Covered Like a Hurricane
- 2001: Pictured Life - All the Best
- 2002: Classic Bites
- 2003: Essential
- 2003: Winning Combinations (with Whitesnake )
- 2007: No. 1’s
- 2008: gold
- 2008: Six Strings, Twelve Stings
- 2008: Green Series - The Best of
- 2008: Deadliest Stings - Greatest Hits
- 2009: Hit Collection
- 2009: Legends of Rock
- 2010: Icon
- 2010: Icon 2
- 2010: Greatest Hits
- 2012: Comeblack / Acoustica
- 2012: Still in trance
- 2012: Virgin Killer-24k Gold
Tribute albums
- 2000: A Tribute to the Scorpions
Interview albums
- 1996: Shape (sales: 5,000 (limited))
Singles
Chart placements
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1979 | Is There Anybody There? / Another Piece of Meat Lovedrive |
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UK39 (4 weeks) UK |
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First published: May 11, 1979
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| Lovedrive Lovedrive |
- | - | - |
UK69 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: August 13, 1979
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| 1980 | Make It Real Animal Magnetism |
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UK72 (2 weeks) UK |
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First published: April 1980
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The Zoo Animal Magnetism |
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UK75 (1 week) UK |
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First published: August 1980
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| 1982 | No One Like You Blackout |
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UK64 (4 weeks) UK |
US65 (7 weeks) US |
First published: March 22, 1982
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| Can't Live Without You Blackout |
- | - | - |
UK63 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: June 5, 1982
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| 1984 |
Rock You Like a Hurricane Love at First Sting |
- | - | - |
UK78 (2 weeks) UK |
US25 (16 weeks) US |
First published: January 30, 1984
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| Still Loving You Love at First Sting / Still Loving You |
DE14 (19 weeks) DE |
- |
CH3 (14 weeks) CH |
- |
US64 (6 weeks) US |
First published: July 7, 1984
Sales: +2,000,000 |
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| Big City Nights Love at First Sting |
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UK76 (3 weeks) UK |
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First published: August 1984
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| 1985 | No One Like You (live) World Wide live |
DE40 (9 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: June 17, 1985
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| 1988 | Rhythm of Love Savage Amusement |
- | - | - |
UK59 (2 weeks) UK |
US75 (6 weeks) US |
First published: May 23, 1988
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| 1989 | Passion Rules the Game Savage Amusement |
- | - | - |
UK74 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: January 1989
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| 1990 | Don't Believe Her Crazy World |
- | - | - |
UK77 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: December 1990
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| 1991 |
Wind of Change Crazy World |
DE1 (51 weeks)DE |
AT1 (30 weeks)AT |
CH1 (51 weeks) CH |
UK2 (12 weeks)UK |
US4th (25 weeks)US |
First published: February 3, 1991
Sales: + 15,000,000 |
| Send Me an Angel Crazy World |
DE5 (22 weeks) DE |
AT8 (12 weeks) AT |
CH14 (9 weeks) CH |
UK27 (5 weeks) UK |
US44 (18 weeks) US |
First published: September 9, 1991
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| 1992 | Ветер Перемен |
DE38 (6 weeks) DE |
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First published: January 6, 1992
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| 1993 | Alien Nation Face the Heat |
DE27 (8 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: August 16, 1993
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| Under the Same Sun Face the Heat |
DE99 (2 weeks) DE |
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First published: November 1993
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| 1994 | White Dove Live Bites |
DE18 (13 weeks) DE |
- |
CH20 (12 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: December 26, 1994
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| 1996 | You and I Pure Instinct |
DE22 (19 weeks) DE |
AT34 (7 weeks) AT |
CH23 (9 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: March 31, 1996
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| Does Anyone Know Pure Instinct |
DE81 (6 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: August 26, 1996
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| When You Came Into My Life Pure Instinct |
DE97 (3 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: November 25, 1996
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| 1997 | Where the River Flows Pure Instinct |
DE97 (1 week) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: July 21, 1997
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| 1999 | To Be No. 1 Eye II Eye |
DE55 (2 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: February 22, 1999
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| 2000 | Moment of Glory Moment of Glory |
DE67 (9 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: June 5, 2000
with the Berliner Philharmoniker |
| Here in My Heart Moment of Glory |
- | - | - |
UK91 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: November 6, 2000
with the Berliner Philharmoniker |
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| 2004 | You are the champion |
DE92 (1 week) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: September 20, 2004
with Michael Kleitman |
More singles
- 1971: I'm Going Mad / Action
- 1975: Speedy's Coming
- 1975: Fuchs go ahead (rare LP single, released under the pseudonym The Hunters )
- 1975: In trance
- 1977: He's a Woman - She's a Man
- 1979: All Night Long (live)
- 1980: Hey You
- 1982: Now!
- 1984: Coming Home
- 1988: Believe in Love
- 1989: Is There Anybody There? (Long version)
- 1989: I Can't Explain
- 1990: Tease Me, Please Me
- 1992: Hit Between the Eyes
- 1992: Living for Tomorrow
- 1994: No Pain No Gain
- 1994: Woman
- 1996: Wild Child
- 1997: Over the Top
- 1997: Edge of Time
- 1999: Mysterious
- 1999: Aleyah
- 1999: 10 Light Years Away
- 1999: Eye to Eye
- 2000: Hurricane 2000
- 2001: When Love Kills Love
- 2004: Miracle
- 2007: Humanity
- 2007: Love Will Keep Us Alive
- 2010: The Good Die Young ( feat.Tarja Turunen )
- 2011: Still Loving You - Je t'aime encore (feat.Amandine Bourgeios)
- 2011: Tainted Love
- 2013: Dancing with the Moolight / Where the River Flows (Unplugged) (feat. Ina Müller )
- 2015: We Built This House
- 2015: Eye of the Storm
- 2015: Going Out with a Bang
- 2016: Rock 'n' Roll band
- 2020: Sign of Hope
Guest Posts
- 2006: Jerusalem ( Liel feat. Scorpions)
Video albums and music videos
Video albums
- 1985: First Sting
- 1985: World Wide live (Sales: + 50,000 ; US:gold)
- 1988: To Russia with Love and Other Savage Amusements (Sales: + 50,000 ; US:gold)
- 1990: Moscow Music Peace Festival
- 1990: Roger Waters - The Wall live in Berlin
- 1991: Crazy World Tour Live ... Berlin 1991
- 2000: Moment of Glory - Live
- 2001: Acoustica (Sales: + 30,000)
- 2002: A Savage Crazy World
- 2005: Unbreakable World Tour 2004 - One Night in Vienna (Sales: + 40,000)
- 2007: Live at Wacken Open Air 2006: A Night to Remember - A Journey Through Time
- 2007: Humanity - Hour I
- 2009: Amazônia - Live in the Jungle (Sales: + 10,000)
- 2009: Over the Top Unauthorized
- 2010: Sting in the Tail (Deluxe Edition)
- 2011: Scorpions Live in 3D
- 2013: MTV Unplugged - Live in Athens (Sales: + 25,000 ; DE:gold)
- 2015: Forever and a Day
Music videos
| year | title |
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| 1983 | No one like you |
| 1984 | Still loving you |
| Rock You Like a Hurricane (2 versions) | |
| I'm leaving you | |
| 1985 | Big City Nights (live) |
| Holiday (live) | |
| 1988 | Rhythm of Love |
| Believe in love | |
| Passion Rules the Game | |
| Walking on the Edge | |
| 1989 | Can't explain |
| 1990 | Tease Me Please Me |
| 1991 | Don't believe her |
| Wind of Change | |
| Send Me an Angel (2 versions) | |
| 1993 | Alien nation |
| Under the same sun | |
| Woman | |
| 1994 | White Dove |
| 1996 | You and I |
| 1997 | When you came into my life |
| 1999 | To Be No. 1 |
| A moment in a million years | |
| What U Give U Get Back | |
| 2000 | Moment of glory |
| Hurricane 2000 (2 versions) | |
| Here in My Heart | |
| 2001 | When Love Kills Love |
| 2007 | Humanity |
| 2010 | The Good Die Young |
| Sting in the tail | |
| The best is yet to come | |
| 2011 | All day and all of the night |
| Across the universe | |
| Children of the Revolution | |
| Tainted love | |
| Ruby Tuesday | |
| 2014 | Where the River Flows |
| 2015 | We Built This House |
| Eye of the Storm | |
| Going out with a bang |
Box sets
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2015 | Vinyl Box (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) |
DE97 (1 week) DE |
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First published: November 6, 2015
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More box sets
- 1997: Face the Heat / Crazy World
- 1999: Eye II Eye / Pure Instinct
- 2003: Pure Instinct / Eye II Eye
- 2004: Box of Scorpions
- 2005: The Platinum Collection
- 2007: In Trance / Virgin Killer
- 2008: Moment of Glory
- 2008: Acoustica
- 2010: 3 original album Classics (content: In Trance , Virgin Killer and Taken by Force )
Concert sticks
After a Concert Online concert was recorded on USB stick during the Humanity World Tour in 2009 , further concert recordings followed in 2010 as part of the farewell tour on so-called concert sticks. The following concerts have appeared so far:
- October 2, 2009: A Night to Remember - Live in Essen (limited)
Get Your Sting and Blackout Farewell Tour 2010/11: All concerts 2010, e.g. B:
- May 7th 2010: Farewell Tour - Live in Leipzig
statistics
Chart evaluation
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Awards for music sales
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
| Country / Region |
silver |
gold |
platinum
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Sales | swell |
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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 Argentina (CAPIF)
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- | - |
2 × platinum2
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16,000 | capif.org.ar |
 Australia (ARIA)
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- |
gold1
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- | 35,000 | ariacharts.com.au |
 Belgium (BEA)
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- |
gold1
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- | 25,000 | ultratop.be |
 Brazil (PMB)
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- |
gold1
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platinum1
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100,000 | pro-musicabr.org.br |
 Denmark (IFPI)
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- |
gold1
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- | 45,000 | ifpi.dk |
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Germany (BVMI)
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- |
9 × gold9
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4 × platinum4th
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3,475,000 | musikindustrie.de |
 Europe (IFPI)
|
- | - |
platinum1
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(1,000,000) | ifpi.org |
 Finland (IFPI)
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- |
5 × gold5
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platinum1
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217.793 | ifpi.fi |
 France (SNEP)
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- |
13 × gold13
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platinum1
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2,510,000 | infodisc.fr snepmusique.com |
 Italy (FIMI)
|
- |
gold1
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- | 25,000 | fimi.it |
 Canada (MC)
|
- |
2 × gold2
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5 × platinum5
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600,000 | musiccanada.com |
 Mexico (AMPROFON)
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- |
gold1
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- | 75,000 | amprofon.com.mx |
 Netherlands (NVPI)
|
- |
gold1
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- | 50,000 | nvpi.nl |
 Norway (IFPI)
|
- |
2 × gold2
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- | 40,000 | ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) |
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Austria (IFPI)
|
- | - |
2 × platinum2
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100,000 | ifpi.at |
 Russia (NFPF)
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- |
gold1
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2 × platinum2
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50,000 | 2m-online.ru ( memento of July 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), International 2007 ( memento of January 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) |
 Sweden (IFPI)
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- |
gold1
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- | 50,000 | sverigetopplistan.se |
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Switzerland (IFPI)
|
- |
3 × gold3
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2 × platinum2
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175,000 | hitparade.ch |
 Spain (Promusicae)
|
- | - |
platinum1
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100,000 | mediafire.com |
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United States (RIAA)
|
- |
4 × gold4th
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10 × platinum10
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11,100,000 | riaa.com |
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United Kingdom (BPI)
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2 × silver2
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- | - | 260,000 | bpi.co.uk |
| All in all |
2 × silver2
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47 × gold47
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32 × platinum32
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See also
- List of German artists in the British charts
- List of German artists in the US charts
- List of the best-selling music albums certified by BVMI in Germany
swell
- ↑ Silvia Palmigiano and Peter Pippig: Scorpions - in person! radiobremen.de, November 5, 2009, accessed on March 25, 2019 .
- ↑ http://www.metal-hammer.de/scorpions-ueber-500-wochen-in-den-deutschen-charts-423288/
- ^ Richard Bienstock: Scorpions' "Wind of Change": The Oral History of 1990's Epic Power Ballad. In: Rolling Stone . September 2, 2015, accessed February 13, 2019 (American English): "I know that as a single it has sold maybe 15 million copies."
- ↑ Overview Scorpions USB stick A Night to Remember - Live in Essen at Concert Online
- ↑ Overview Scorpions USB stick Farewell Tour - Live in Leipzig at Simfy Live ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
